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Enabling mod_rewrite on Ubuntu

Ubuntu by default, doesn't have mod_rewrite enabled. This prevents any rewriting done in a .htaccess file from working. To enable it:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
Then change the default config file's AllowOverride value to "all":
 

DocumentRoot /var/www/
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride all
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/>
                Options FollowSymLinks 
                AllowOverride all
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

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